Understanding what drugs and problems your child is facing is so important.

Dealing with teens and young adults on a daily basis we see what drugs are trending.

Top 5 Trending Teen Drugs

Alcohol: Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among persons under the age of 21 in the United States. Underage drinking is reaching epidemic proportions. It IS NOT okay to let your underage child drink in the house. We hear parents say, as long as it is under my roof. That is a recipe for disaster. As the guardian you are responsible and if anything happens, YOU will be held accountable.

Staying informed with the Reality Check Program Subscription Service

Parents need to stay pro-active and up to date with information. The Reality Check Program is launching a subscription service with videos and information that could save your teen or young adult from serious consequences. One bad choice could ruin a persons life.

There will be new videos every week, information by various professionals, a live monthly web seminar with Larry Lawton, a resource center and so much more. Here are just a few of the topics we will touch on in videos, live chats and an exclusive newsletters.

The School Library Journal (SLJ) review of the Reality Check Program Video. SLJ is the world’s largest and most authoritative reviewer of children’s and young adult content—principally books, but also including audio, video, and the Web—the magazine and its Web site provide 38,000 subscribers with information indispensable in making purchasing decisions. The Journal serves librarians who work with students in school and public libraries, reaching an audience of more than 100,000.

On Thursday A&E has a show on called Beyond Scared Straight. We want to point out the differences between Lawton911/Reality Check Program and Beyond Scared Straight.

What prompted us to do this article is we receive a lot of emails asking us if we are a scared straight program? Although we own www.beyondscaredstraight.com we talk about REALITY, not scaring a person.

Lawton911 and the Reality Check Program DVD deal with issues of out of control teens and young adults, troubled teens, teens doing drugs, gang issues, teens with bad attitudes, at-risk teens, and in general, teens just making bad choices, we don’t scare teens. We Read More »